A guide to the non-insect Ecdysozoans (Tardigrades, Nematodes, Spiders, Crustaceans, millipedes and centipedes) of Austin and Travis County, TX; USA

This is part of a larger guide to the ecdysozoans (those invertebrates that shed their outer cuticle). The ecdysozoans in this guide include the tardigrades (phylum Tardigrada), round worms (Phylum Nematoda), Spiders and relatives (Subphylum Chelicerata), Crustaceans (Subphylum Crustacea) and ...more ↓

Southern Black Widow 1
Latrodectus mactans
Western Black Widow 2
Latrodectus hesperus
Brown Widow 3
Latrodectus geometricus
Spinybacked Orbweaver 4
Gasteracantha cancriformis
Brown Recluse 5
Loxosceles reclusa
Tropical Orbweaver 6
Eriophora ravilla
Bold Jumping Spider 7
Phidippus audax
Common Spitting Spider 8
Scytodes thoracica
Long-bodied Cellar Spider 12
Pholcus phalangioides
Yellow Garden Spider 13
Argiope aurantia
Banded Garden Spider 14
Argiope trifasciata
Gray Wall Jumping Spider 15
Menemerus bivittatus
Woodlouse Spider 16
Dysdera crocata
Long-palped Ant-mimic Sac Spider 17
Castianeira longipalpa
Triangulate Combfoot 16
Steatoda triangulosa
Tan Jumping Spider 18
Platycryptus undatus
Dark Fishing Spider 14
Dolomedes tenebrosus
Giant Lichen Orbweaver 19
Araneus bicentenarius
Striped Lynx Spider 20
Oxyopes salticus
Spotted Orbweaver 22
Neoscona crucifera
Spined Micrathena 23
Micrathena gracilis
Tooth Cave spider 24
Tayshaneta myopica
Arabesque Orbweaver 25
Neoscona arabesca
Common House Spider 26
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Basilica Orbweaver 28
Mecynogea lemniscata
Bronze Jumping Spider 29
Eris militaris
Southern House Spider 30
Kukulcania hibernalis
Carolina Wolf Spider 31
Hogna carolinensis
Western Spotted Orbweaver 22
Neoscona oaxacensis
Green Lynx Spider 35
Peucetia viridans
Agrarian Sac Spider 36
Cheiracanthium inclusum
Eastern Parson Spider 37
Herpyllus ecclesiasticus
Dimorphic Jumping Spider 38
Maevia inclemens
Humped Trashline Orbweaver 22
Cyclosa turbinata
Humpbacked Orbweaver 39
Eustala anastera
Striped Fishing Spider 40
Dolomedes scriptus
American Dewdrop Spider 14
Argyrodes elevatus
Northern Black Widow
Latrodectus variolus
Dotted Wolf Spider 41
Rabidosa punctulata
Flea Jumping Spider 42
Naphrys pulex
Rabid Wolf Spider 17
Rabidosa rabida
Peppered Jumping Spider
Pelegrina galathea
Hammer-jawed Jumping Spider 43
Zygoballus rufipes
Whitman's Jumping Spider 43
Phidippus whitmani
Butterfly Orbweaver 25
Araneus pegnia
Rubens Orbweaver 45
Hypsosinga rubens
lined orbweaver 6
Mangora gibberosa
Tuft-legged Orbweaver 46
Mangora placida
Red-femured Spotted Orbweaver 47
Neoscona domiciliorum
Red-spotted Ant-mimic Sac Spider 17
Castianeira descripta
Deadly Ground Crab Spider 50
Xysticus funestus
Tan crab spider 51
Xysticus ferox
Featherlegged Orbweaver 52
Uloborus glomosus
Cardinal Jumping Spider 43
Phidippus cardinalis
Regal Jumping Spider
Phidippus regius
Swift Crab Spider 58
Mecaphesa celer
Lesser Green Lynx Spider 59
Peucetia longipalpis
Western Lynx Spider 60
Oxyopes scalaris
Marbled Cellar Spider 61
Holocnemus pluchei
Red-spotted Orbweaver 25
Araneus cingulatus
Filmy Dome Spider 54
Neriene radiata
Wall Spider 64
Oecobius navus

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